Jerome Corsi Files Complaint Against Mueller
Jerome Corsi Files Complaint Against Mueller
A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
Larry Klayman, Esq. 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., #800 Tel: 310-595-0800
Washington, DC, 20006 Fax: 202-379-9289
December 3, 2018
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RE: COMPLAINT AGAINST SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER AND
PROSECUTORIAL STAFF AND REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED INVESTIGATION
INTO GROSS PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT AND CRIMINAL ACTS OF
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF DR.
JEROME CORSI, PH.D.
Dr. Jerome Corsi, Ph.D. (“Dr. Corsi”) files this Complaint by and through his counsel
Mr. Larry Klayman (“Mr. Klayman”). Mr. Klayman is a former prosecutor in the Department of
Justice’s (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division and the founder and former chairman of Judicial Watch, as
well as the founder, chairman, and general counsel of Freedom Watch. Mr. Klayman was also
formerly a U.S. Senate candidate in the State of Florida in 2004. Given his background, Mr.
Klayman holds a great deal of respect for the Office of the Attorney General and the DOJ, but
nonetheless believes that this Complaint is necessary. Mr. Klayman took the same oath to
administer to and mete out justice within the bounds of ethics and the law as a member of the
DOJ just as Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the prosecutors specifically hired by Mr.
Mueller did.
I. INTRODUCTION
On or about May 17, 2017, Robert Swan Mueller III (“Special Counsel Mueller”) was
appointed as a Special Counsel for a limited purpose investigation as defined by the order of
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. A copy of Robert Mueller’s appointment as Special
Counsel is attached as Exhibit A. Dr. Corsi has been investigated by Special Prosecutor Mueller
and the attorneys whom he hired to serve as prosecutors under him, including but not limited to (a)
Jeannie S. Rhee, (b) Andrew D. Goldstein, (c) Aaron S.J. Zelinsky, and (d) L. Rush Atkinson.
investigative journalist, whose activities are protected by the First Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution. Dr. Corsi has been threatened with immediate indictment by Mueller’s prosecutorial
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staff unless he testifies falsely against Roger Stone and/or President Donald Trump and his
Dr. Corsi is placed in an impossible, no-win scenario and is in immediate legal jeopardy. If
he were to lie under oath to testify as the Special Prosecutor and his prosecutorial staff demand,
some later prosecutor could accuse Dr. Corsi of perjury and/or violating any plea deal. The Special
Prosecutor and his prosecutorial staff have already accused Dr. Corsi of lying when Dr. Corsi is in
fact telling the truth and told the truth. Either way, Dr. Corsi remains at risk of a perjury
Dr. Corsi is being investigated for the “crime” of doing his job as a foreign policy and
national security journalist. For decades, Dr. Corsi has been a recognized and distinguished
investigative journalist, who has published 20 news analysis books written regularly in news
In a March 10, 2015 press conference, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
admitted that as Secretary of State she had conducted U.S. Government business through a non-
government, private email server. Secretary Clinton stated that she had turned over 30,490 emails
Immediately after March 10, 2015, people experienced in foreign affairs and national
security instantly recognized to a virtual certainty that Clinton’s emails had already been acquired
by the espionage services of every major nation and perhaps passed on to terrorist organizations,
because (a) the server was not secure and (b) communications of the U.S. Secretary of State would
Dr. Corsi was only one of hundreds of journalists protected by the First Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution while investigating the story. Ultimately, this story led to further, but different,
revelations that Wikileaks was releasing emails from the computer servers of the Democratic
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National Committee (“DNC”) on Friday, July 22, 2016.1 “On the evening of July 5, 2016, 1,976
megabytes of data were downloaded from the DNC’s server. The operation took 87 seconds . . . No
Wikileaks actually announced before July 22, 2016, that it would release DNC documents
and do so in several batches, which was widely reported ahead of time, including in The New York
Times. See Exhibit B, attached. Readers of The New York Times and other news received the same
foreknowledge from mid to late July of which the Special Counsel's office now accuses Dr. Corsi
Dr. Corsi – as he has stated publicly – noticed that emails to and from Hillary Clinton’s
campaign manager John Podesta were conspicuously missing from the July 22, 2016 public-release
of DNC emails. Employing his professional skills and considerable experience as an analyst and
investigative journalist, Dr. Corsi logically concluded that Wikileaks would release Podesta’s
emails soon in a second round “data dump” from the same group of DNC emails stolen on July 5,
2016.
Special Counsel Mueller and his prosecutorial staff, however, have misrepresented the
investigative research of hundreds of journalists into a false narrative that Dr. Corsi and/or Roger
Stone “colluded” with Russian intelligence services. Mr. Mueller interprets a reporter trying to
reach out to a news source into conspiracy. U.S. journalists have been accused for decades by
authoritarian governments of being spies. Mr. Mueller now promotes this dangerous idea that
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Tim Hamburger and Karen Tumulty, “WikiLeaks releases thousands of documents about
Clinton and internal deliberations,” The Washington Post, July 22, 2016,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/22/on-eve-of-democratic-
convention-wikileaks-releases-thousands-of-documents-about-clinton-the-campaign-and-internal-
deliberations/.
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Patrick Lawrence, "A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack,"
The Nation, August 9, 2017; https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-
about-last-years-dnc-hack/.
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journalists who are gathering news are engaged in intrigue. But Dr. Corsi trying to contact a news
source to learn more details about his widely-announced plans came far too late.
This Complaint documents concerns about the Special Counsel prosecutorial staff’s
violations of the Rules of Professional Responsibility of the District of Columbia (“D.C.”) Bar
(which on the points at issue are the same as in other jurisdictions relevant herein). The Special
Counsel and the private attorneys whom Mr. Mueller hired as temporary prosecutors have
Therefore, this Complaint is also addressed to Bar Counsel for the D.C. Bar, citing the
violated Rules, whose violations should be obvious from the facts cited herein.
This Complaint concerns the violations of law and regulation set forth in detail below on or
about the date(s) of August 28, 2018 through November 26, 2018, in the County of Morris in the
State of New Jersey and in the District of Columbia, mostly in an unmarked Federal Bureau of
This Complaint also concerns other DOJ personnel. For example, Deputy AG Rosenstein’s
involvement has already and will violate Rule 3:7 of the Rules of Professional Responsibility
known as the “attorney witness rule,” as extended by the obligations incumbent upon an attorney
Special Prosecutor Mueller’s office demanded that Dr. Corsi sign the plea agreement
attached as Exhibit C, in return for Dr. Corsi testifying against Roger Stone and President Donald
Trump (or his campaign) and for leniency in punishment upon pleading guilty to one single count.
Exhibit C shows that the lead prosecutor encharged with the criminal investigation of Dr.
Corsi was (a) Jeannie S. Rhee, assisted by (b) Andrew D. Goldstein, (c) Aaron S.J. Zelinsky, and
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(d) L. Rush Atkinson, V of Special Counsel Mueller’s office.
Jeannie Rhee was also a lead attorney in a civil lawsuit for the Clinton Foundation of
Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, including in a lawsuit brought by undersigned counsel Mr.
Klayman arising from the same subject matter concerning in part the same March 10, 2015
revelations of Secretary Clinton’s official emails being diverted through an unsecure private email
server. See Notice of Appearance of Jeannie S. Rhee, attached as Exhibit D, dated September 28,
2015 on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Dr. Corsi directly and clearly informed the Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff that
the assertions they wanted Dr. Corsi to testify to would be false and that Dr. Corsi could not testify
as they wished without committing perjury in testifying as the Special Counsel’s office demanded.
In addition, they informed Ms. Rhee in particular that her demand to keep any plea agreement
secret and under seal would criminally and civilly violate Dr. Corsi’s obligations as a securities
dealer, for which he has a valid license, to report the criminal plea to Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (“FINRA”). Thus, Special Counsel Mueller, Ms. Rhee and others on his prosecutorial
staff counseled and attemted to coerce Dr. Corsi to commit a felony, all in their zeal to get Dr.
Corsi to lie to presumably obtain indictments for other subjects and targets, including but not
Thus, the Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff threatened to indict Dr. Corsi, who is
now 72 years old, and effectively put him in jail for the rest of his life, unless Dr. Corsi would
provide the false testimony that they demanded, even after being informed that the testimony
The Special Counsel’s office seeks to coerce knowingly-false testimony from Dr. Corsi to
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falsely “prove” that Dr. Corsi had acted as a liaison between Roger Stone and Wikileaks leader
Julian Assange on the one hand and the Trump presidential campaign on the other hand concerning
the public release of emails from the email computer servers of the Democratic National
Committee (“DNC”).
Dr. Corsi explicitly made clear that he had been unable to review his old emails and thus
could not give accurate testimony until he could reloaded emails on his old laptop. The Special
Counsel and his prosecutorial staff agreed that Dr. Corsi would have the chance to amend his
answers as necessary. When Dr. Corsi received his laptop back from the FBI, he reloaded the 2016
data, and then found an email dated July 25, 2016, in which Roger Stone asked him to “Get to
Assange.” He then correctly and honestly amended his answers, as he said he would do.
Now, the Special Counsel’s office is knowingly and deceitfully threatening to charge Dr.
Corsi with an alleged false statement during his first interview with the FBI on September, 6, 2018,
that he had told them he could not answer with certainty, and which he had amended. When the
FBI returned his laptop and he was able to check his past emails, Dr. Corsi promptly amended his
answer. See Exhibit E, attached. In sum, the Special Counsel seeks to prosecute statements that
were amended.
A. Incidents
Special Prosecutor Mueller convened a second grand jury in the District of Columbia after
already convening a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia at Alexandria, Virginia. Jurors
are drawn from voter rolls, and President Donald Trump received only 4.1% of the vote in the
District of Columbia for president on November 8, 2016. President Donald Trump’s campaign was
headquartered in Manhattan in New York City, New York. The appearance is that the grand jury in
Virginia was skeptical of Mr. Mueller’s presentations and Mr. Mueller sought a different group of
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grand jurors to further his corrupt scheme.
A Freedom of Information Act request from Freedom Watch discovered that Special
Counsel Mueller’s office has had over 9,000 pages of written contacts with the news media.
Jonathan Easley, “Exclusive: Judge to rule on release of special counsel's contacts with media,”
produced documents, is was learned that the press spokesperson, Peter Carr, of the Office of the
Special Counsel, engaged in secret meetings at Paul, a French café at 801 Pennsylvania Avenue,
N.W., where he orally leaked grand jury and other confidential information to the media, avoiding
any written record of the leaks. This needs to be investigated and potentially prosecuted.
In short, details of Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation were illegally leaked to the
news media concerning the focus of the investigation almost immediately and continuously
Federal investigators working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller are keenly
focused on President Donald Trump's role in crafting a response to a published
article about a meeting between Russians and his son Donald Jr., three sources
familiar with the matter told NBC News. The sources told NBC News that
prosecutors want to know what Trump knew about the meeting and whether he
sought to conceal its purpose.
Julia Ainsley And Tom Winter, “Mueller Team Asking if Trump Tried to Hide Purpose of Trump
Tower Meeting,” NBC News, August 28, 2017, accessible at: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-
news/mueller-team-asking-if-trump-tried-hide-purpose-trump-tower-n796746.
Special Counsel Mueller’s investigative contacts with the Internal Revenue Service were
Special counsel Bob Mueller has teamed up with the IRS. According to sources
familiar with his investigation into alleged Russian election interference, his probe
has enlisted the help of agents from the IRS’ Criminal Investigations unit.
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Betsy Woodruff, “Mueller Enlists the IRS for His Trump-Russia Investigation,” The Daily Beast,
his-trump-russia-investigation.
The Wall Street Journal was also privy to the investigative goals and activities of Special
Special counsel Robert Mueller is examining what role, if any, former national
security adviser Mike Flynn may have played in a private effort to obtain Hillary
Clinton’s emails from Russian hackers, according to people familiar with the matter.
The effort to seek out hackers who were believed to have stolen Mrs. Clinton’s
emails, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, was led by a longtime Republican
activist, Peter W. Smith.
Shane Harris, “Special Counsel Examines Possible Role Flynn Played in Seeking Clinton Emails
From Hackers,” The Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2017, available at:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/special-counsel-examines-possible-role-flynn-played-in-seeking-
clinton-emails-from-hackers-1503694304.
In fact, just about every news media outlet has known exactly what Special Counsel
The letter Mueller is reviewing was drafted by Trump along with policy adviser
Stephen Miller, and legal experts say it is possibly the most critical piece of
evidence in Mueller's obstruction-of-justice case since Comey’s testimony before
the Senate Intelligence Committee in June, because it can give prosecutors a direct
window into Trump's thinking shortly before he fired Comey.
Sonam Sheth, “Mueller's investigation just got a boost — and another Trump associate may be in
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/muellers-investigation-just-got-boost-002052944.html.
Investigative details of Special Counsel Mueller’s, along with the Attorney General of the State of
New York grand jury activities were promptly leaked to the news media.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is working with New York Attorney General
Eric Schneiderman on its investigation into Paul Manafort and his financial
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transactions, according to several people familiar with the matter.
The cooperation is the latest indication that the federal probe into President Donald
Trump’s former campaign chairman is intensifying. It also could potentially provide
Mueller with additional leverage to get Manafort to cooperate in the larger
investigation into Trump’s campaign, as Trump does not have pardon power over
state crimes.
The two teams have shared evidence and talked frequently in recent weeks about a
potential case, these people said. One of the people familiar with progress on the
case said both Mueller’s and Schneiderman’s teams have collected evidence on
financial crimes, including potential money laundering.
Josh Dawsey, “Mueller teams up with New York attorney general in Manafort probe,” Politico,
general-242191.
Reports of leaks of confidential information from the grand jury investigations hit The Wall
Street Journal on August 31, 2017. Peter Nicholas, Erica Orden and Paul Sonne, “Trump Attorneys
An extraordinary array of documents obtained from Special Counsel Mueller’s office are
summarized and discussed in this article. In the article, the reporters chronicle that the Trump
administration and President Trump’s private lawyers would not comment on the memos,
The news media knows the detailed inner workings of the Special Counsel and his
prosecutorial staff. As reported by Politico, Mr. Mueller’s “most experienced attorneys have
discrete targets, such as . . . former national security advisor Michael Flynn . . .” Darren
Samuelsohn, “What Mueller’s org Chart reveals About his Russia Probe,” Politico, Nov. 13, 2017,
244789.
Special Counsel Mueller and his prosecutorial staff, by way of example, also leaked to
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media outlets, as recently as November 13, 2017, that he and his team are apparently investigating
“an alleged plot involving Mr. Flynn, his son and potentially others to forcibly and extra-legally
effect the return of Fethullah Gulen to Turkey in exchange for millions of dollars.” Evan Perez,
Pamela Brown and Shimon Prokupecz, “One year into the FBI's Russia investigation, Mueller is on
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/03/politics/mueller-investigation-russia-trump-one-year-financial-
ties/index.html.
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 6(e)(2) “The Grand Jury” requires that:
(2) * * *
(B) Unless these rules provide otherwise, the following persons must not disclose
a matter occurring before the grand jury:
(i) a grand juror;
(ii) an interpreter;
(iii) a court reporter;
(iv) an operator of a recording device;
(v) a person who transcribes recorded testimony;
(vi) an attorney for the government; or
(vii) a person to whom disclosure is made under Rule 6(e)(3)(A)(ii) or (iii).
(3) Exceptions.
(A) Disclosure of a grand-jury matter—other than the grand jury's deliberations or
any grand juror's vote—may be made to:
(i) an attorney for the government for use in performing that attorney's duty;
(ii) any government personnel—including those of a state, state subdivision,
Indian tribe, or foreign government—that an attorney for the government
considers necessary to assist in performing that attorney's duty to enforce federal
criminal law; or
(iii) a person authorized by 18 U.S.C. §3322.
(B) A person to whom information is disclosed under Rule 6(e)(3)(A)(ii) may use
that information only to assist an attorney for the government in performing that
attorney's duty to enforce federal criminal law. An attorney for the government must
promptly provide the court that impaneled the grand jury with the names of all
persons to whom a disclosure has been made, and must certify that the attorney has
advised those persons of their obligation of secrecy under this rule.
(C) An attorney for the government may disclose any grand-jury matter to another
federal grand jury.
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Furthermore, Rule 6(e)(7) provides that:
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(7) Contempt. A knowing violation of Rule 6, or of any guidelines jointly
issued by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence
under Rule 6, may be punished as a contempt of court.
Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller and his prosecutorial staff, particularly Rhee, Goldstein,
Zelinsky, and Atkinson, have threatened a witness and tampered with a witness, Dr. Corsi, to
criminally coerce him into providing false testimony and in fact also withholding or suppressing
truthful testimony.
Those prosecutors hired and operating under the direction of Special Counsel Robert
Mueller want Dr. Corsi to falsely testify that he and Roger Stone acted as go-betweens (alone or
through additional links and contacts) between the 2015-2016 presidential campaign of Donald J.
Trump and the Russian government through Wikileaks founder and leader Julian Assange. Faced
with what was deceptively proposed by the Special Counsel to appear like an easy, sweetheart plea
deal, Dr. Corsi has refused because such testimony would be a lie. Dr. Corsi has been accused of
telling a lie when he is telling the truth. Under threat of indictment and eventual conviction which
could effectively result in life imprisonment as Dr. Corsi is now 72 years old, Dr. Corsi has been
criminally threatened and coerced to tell a lie and call it the truth. Dr. Corsi refuses to lie. He has
stated publicly that he will not one day stand before God having lied; nor will he participate in a
slow-motion coup against the president that would be to the detriment of his nation and the next
generations by lying. And if he avoids a charge of lying by lying, he could never be confident that
his constitutional and other legal rights will again be compromised, as apparently has already
occurred with other subjects and targets of Special Counsel Mueller’s run-a-way and politically
motived investigation.
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18 U.S. Code § 1513 - Retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant
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(e) Whoever knowingly, with the intent to retaliate, takes any action harmful to
any person, including interference with the lawful employment or livelihood of
any person, for providing to a law enforcement officer any truthful information
relating to the commission or possible commission of any Federal offense, shall
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
(f) Whoever conspires to commit any offense under this section shall be subject to
the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense the commission of which
was the object of the conspiracy.
(g) A prosecution under this section may be brought in the district in which the
official proceeding (whether pending, about to be instituted, or completed) was
intended to be affected, or in which the conduct constituting the
alleged offense occurred.
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(b)Whoever knowingly uses intimidation, threatens, or corruptly persuades
another person, or attempts to do so, or engages in misleading conduct toward
another person, with intent to—
(1) influence, delay, or prevent the testimony of any person in an official
proceeding;
(2)cause or induce any person to—
(A) withhold testimony, or withhold a record, document, or other
object, from an official proceeding;
(B) alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal an object with intent to
impair the object’s integrity or availability for use in an official
proceeding;
(C) evade legal process summoning that person to appear as a
witness, or to produce a record, document, or other object, in an
official proceeding; or
(D) be absent from an official proceeding to which such person has
been summoned by legal process; or
(3) hinder, delay, or prevent the communication to a law enforcement
officer or judge of the United States of information relating to the
commission or possible commission of a Federal offense or a violation of
conditions of probation [1] supervised release,,[1] parole, or release
pending judicial proceedings;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
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(e) In a prosecution for an offense under this section, it is an affirmative defense,
as to which the defendant has the burden of proof by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the conduct consisted solely of lawful conduct and that the
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defendant’s sole intention was to encourage, induce, or cause the other person to
testify truthfully.
(f)For the purposes of this section—
(1) an official proceeding need not be pending or about to be instituted at
the time of the offense; and
(2) the testimony, or the record, document, or other object need not be
admissible in evidence or free of a claim of privilege.
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(k) Whoever conspires to commit any offense under this section shall be subject
to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense the commission of which
was the object of the conspiracy.
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Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or
communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence,
obstruct, or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which any
pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United
States, or the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any
inquiry or investigation is being had by either House, or any committee of either
House or any joint committee of the Congress—
Shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if
the offense involves international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section
2331), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both.
The Special Prosecutor and his prosecutorial staff conspired to suborn perjury in violation
of 18 U.S. Code § 1622 by seeking to threaten Dr. Corsi into testifying falsely with the Special
Prosecutor’s office sponsoring and using in court testimony by Dr. Corsi that they have been
Conspiracy to suborn perjury may be prosecuted irrespective of whether perjury has been
committed. The two witness rule does not apply in conspiracy prosecutions. See DOJ Criminal
irrespective of whether the perjured testimony took place. United States v. Silverman, 745 F.2d
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1386, 1395 (11th Cir. 1984). Because the crime of subornation of perjury is distinct from that of
perjury, the suborner and perjurer are not accomplices; however, a person who causes a false
document to be introduced through an innocent witness can be held liable as a principal under 18
U.S.C. § 2(b). United States v. Walser, 3 F.3d 380, 388 (11th Cir. 1993).
Physical coercion need not be proven in prosecutions for subornation of perjury. United
States v. Heater, 63 F.3d 311, 320 (4th Cir. 1995), cert. denied, 116 S. Ct. 796 (1996).
Although an act of supreme irony, the Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff have
attempted to and conspired to violate 18 U.S.C. § 1001 while threatening Dr. Corsi with indictment
and prosecution for violating the same statute. Knowing the testimony they wanted Dr. Corsi to
give to be actually false – including having been repeatedly told by Dr. Corsi that the assertions are
false – the Special Counsel’s office nevertheless insisted upon using the false testimony they
wanted to get from Dr. Corsi in court proceedings and indictments against other persons.
fine of $250,000, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3571(b)(3); a term of supervised release of not more than
3 years, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583(b)(2); and an obligation to pay any applicable interest or
(a)Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the
jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of
the United States, knowingly and willfully—
(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a
material fact;
(2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or
representation; or
(3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to
contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or
entry;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if
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the offense involves international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331),
imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both. If the matter relates to an offense under
chapter 109A, 109B, 110, or 117, or section 1591, then the term of imprisonment
imposed under this section shall be not more than 8 years.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a party to a judicial proceeding, or that party’s
counsel, for statements, representations, writings or documents submitted by such
party or counsel to a judge or magistrate in that proceeding.
(c)With respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch,
subsection (a) shall apply only to—
(1) administrative matters, including a claim for payment, a matter
related to the procurement of property or services, personnel or
employment practices, or support services, or a document required by
law, rule, or regulation to be submitted to the Congress or
any office or officer within the legislative branch; or
(2) any investigation or review, conducted pursuant to the authority
of any committee, subcommittee, commission or office of the
Congress, consistent with applicable rules of the House or Senate.
to a judge or magistrate, it is clear that the Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff (a) are using
and will use the false testimony by Dr. Corsi and other intimidated witnesses before the grand jury
against other innocent victims of this prosecutorial misconduct, and (b) will use the false testimony
procured by misconduct in a report to the Acting Attorney General and presumably (probably
through the artifice of making the report “through” the Attorney General or other government
officials, but with the intent that it primarily influence the Congress) in order to put forth false
testimony to support Articles of Impeachment against President Trump and/or indictment of other
persons.
Thus, ironically and egregiously, the Special Prosecutor’s office is seeking to make false
statements prohibited under 18 U.S. Code § 1001 to DOJ supervisors and senior leadership,
Congress, and the grand jury by forcing Dr. Corsi to provide false testimony that they know is
false.
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D. Extortion by Government Officials
The fact that the Special Prosecutor and his prosecutorial staff have committed witness
threats, intimidation, and/or tampering and committed by his prosecutorial staff (hired on a
temporary basis by Special Prosecutor Mueller) does not alter the criminality of a violation of the
statutes cited above. It has long been recognized, for example, that employees of a government
agency may operate it corruptly as an “enterprise” under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organization Act: “For example, an arson ring can be a RICO enterprise, as can a small business or
government agency.” Staff of the Organized Crime and Gang Section, U.S. Department of Justice,
CRIMINAL RICO: 18 U.S.C. §§1961-1968. A Manual For Federal Prosecutors, Sixth Revised
The Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff have clearly violated the rules applying to
prosecutors:
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invidiously discriminate against any person;
(b) File in court or maintain a charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported
by probable cause;
(c) Prosecute to trial a charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by
evidence sufficient to establish a prima facie showing of guilt;
(d) Intentionally avoid pursuit of evidence or information because it may damage
the prosecution’s case or aid the defense;
(e) Intentionally fail to disclose to the defense, upon request and at a time when
use by the defense is reasonably feasible, any evidence or information that the
prosecutor knows or reasonably should know tends to negate the guilt of the
accused or to mitigate the offense, or in connection with sentencing, intentionally
fail to disclose to the defense upon request any unprivileged mitigating
information known to the prosecutor and not reasonably available to the defense,
except when the prosecutor is relieved of this responsibility by a protective order
of the tribunal;
(f) Except for statements which are necessary to inform the public of the nature
and extent of the prosecutor’s action and which serve a legitimate law
enforcement purpose, make extrajudicial comments which serve to heighten
condemnation of the accused; or
(g) In presenting a case to a grand jury, intentionally interfere with the
independence of the grand jury, preempt a function of the grand jury, abuse the
processes of the grand jury, or fail to bring to the attention of the grand jury
material facts tending substantially to negate the existence of probable cause.
Comment
[1] A prosecutor has the responsibility of a minister of justice and not simply
that of an advocate. This responsibility carries with it specific obligations to see
that the defendant is accorded procedural justice and that guilt is decided upon the
basis of sufficient evidence. * * *
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In violation of Rule 3.8(b), the Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff are threatening to
indict Dr. Corsi for a charge that they know is not even supported by probable cause.
In violation of Rule 3.8(c), the Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff are threatening to
prosecute to trial a charge that they know is not supported by evidence sufficient to establish a
In violation of Rule 3.8(d), the Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff are operating
under severe conflicts of interest by intentionally avoiding pursuit of evidence or information that
would damage the prosecution’s case and aid the defense by revealing alternative interpretations of
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ambiguous documents and events, exculpatory evidence, and actual guilt by other persons.
In violation of Rule 3.8(e), the Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff are intentionally
failing to disclose to various defendants that the testimony procured from various witnesses is
known to be false but was obtained by coercion. Thus, as part of the requested investigation, Dr.
Corsi demands release of his grand jury testimony and the FBI 302 reports of his interviews, which
evidence will show the unethical, illegal and criminal acts alleged herein. This grand jury
testimony and the FBI 302’s should be ordered to be immediately produced to Dr. Corsi as well as
In violation of Rule 3.8(f), the Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff are rampantly
engaging in leaks to the news media extrajudicial comments which serve to heighten condemnation
of the accused, all of which are intended to harm him and others regardless of any ensuing
indictments.
The Special Counsel and his staff are legally obligated under DOJ regulations to comply
with the Rules of Professional Conduct of the District of Columbia Bar (Amended), which are
DOJ regulations are also extended to a Special Counsel under 28 C.F.R. § 600.7 Conduct
and accountability:
(a) A Special Counsel shall comply with the rules, regulations, procedures,
practices and policies of the Department of Justice. He or she shall consult with
appropriate offices within the Department for guidance with respect to established
practices, policies and procedures of the Department, including ethics and security
regulations and procedures. Should the Special Counsel conclude that the
extraordinary circumstances of any particular decision would render compliance
with required review and approval procedures by the designated Departmental
component inappropriate, he or she may consult directly with the Attorney
General.
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(b) The Special Counsel shall not be subject to the day-to-day supervision of any
official of the Department. However, the Attorney General may request that the
Special Counsel provide an explanation for any investigative or prosecutorial
step, and may after review conclude that the action is so inappropriate or
unwarranted under established Departmental practices that it should not be
pursued. In conducting that review, the Attorney General will give great weight to
the views of the Special Counsel. If the Attorney General concludes that a
proposed action by a Special Counsel should not be pursued, the Attorney
General shall notify Congress as specified in § 600.9(a)(3).
(c) The Special Counsel and staff shall be subject to disciplinary action for
misconduct and breach of ethical duties under the same standards and to the same
extent as are other employees of the Department of Justice. Inquiries into such
matters shall be handled through the appropriate office of the Department upon
the approval of the Attorney General.
(d) The Special Counsel may be disciplined or removed from office only by the
personal action of the Attorney General. The Attorney General may remove a
Special Counsel for misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of
interest, or for other good cause, including violation of Departmental policies. The
Attorney General shall inform the Special Counsel in writing of the specific
reason for his or her removal.
Those requirements that Special Counsel Mueller and his staff must comply with include:
28 U.S. Code § 530B - Ethical standards for attorneys for the Government
(a) An attorney for the Government shall be subject to State laws and rules, and
local Federal court rules, governing attorneys in each State where such attorney
engages in that attorney’s duties, to the same extent and in the same manner as
other attorneys in that State.
(b) The Attorney General shall make and amend rules of the Department of
Justice to assure compliance with this section.
(c) As used in this section, the term “attorney for the Government” includes any
attorney described in section 77.2(a) of part 77 of title 28 of the Code of Federal
Regulations and also includes any independent counsel, or employee of such a
counsel, appointed under chapter 40.
In accordance with § 2635.105 of this title, the regulations in this part apply to
employees of the Department of Justice and supplement the Standards of Ethical
Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch in part 2635 of this title. In
addition to the regulations contained in part 2635 of this title and in this part,
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employees are subject to the conduct regulations contained in part 735 of this title
and 28 CFR part 45.
Department employees have a duty to, and shall, report to the Department of
Justice Office of Professional Responsibility (DOJ-OPR), or to their supervisor,
or their component's internal affairs office for referral to DOJ-OPR, any
allegations of misconduct by a Department attorney that relate to the exercise of
the attorney's authority to investigate, litigate or provide legal advice, as well as
allegations of misconduct by law enforcement personnel when such allegations
are related to allegations of attorney misconduct within the jurisdiction of DOJ-
OPR.
Furthermore, as set forth in the DOJ’s ethics handbook, and codified by statute, DOJ
attorneys must “act impartially and not give preferential treatment to any private organization or
individual,” 5 C.F.R 2635.101(b), and “. . . shall not engage in criminal, infamous, dishonest,
28 CFR 45.2 mandates that no DOJ employee may participate in a criminal investigation or
prosecution if he or she has a personal or political relationship with any person or organization
substantially involved in the conduct that is the subject of the investigation or prosecution, or who
Mr. Mueller and his team suffer from numerous conflicts of interest that mandate their
removal. More than half of Mr. Mueller’s massive team of lawyers are influential donors to the
Democrat party investigating the presidential campaign of a Republican President, Donald Trump.
Rule 3:8(d) of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the D.C. Bar mandates that a
prosecutor may not “(d) Intentionally avoid pursuit of evidence or information because it may
damage the prosecution’s case or aid the defense.” (emphasis added). Jeannie Rhee’s previous
work for the Clinton Foundation and the Clintons would prevent her from exploring evidence or
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explanations that might point to criminal or even unethical actions of the President Trump’s
adversary in the 2016 campaign, including alternative explanations of allegations, the $12 million
that Hillary Clinton’s campaign trolled through the Russian intelligence community through the
law firm of Perkins Coie and former British spy Christopher Steele. Steele going to Moscow and
throwing money around looking for what Russia’s intelligence services might know about
President Trump would invite Russia’s spy agencies to enthusiastically concoct disinformation to
fill the demand provided by the Clinton campaign’s $12 million expenditure.
Rhee could not ethically explore information or explanations that would be harmful to her
own past client, the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton family. Rhee could not do her job as a
prosecutor to dispassionately and fully explore the facts where the evidence leads for her current
client (the U.S. Government) without violating her duty of loyalty to her past client the Clinton
Foundation.
Rule 1.7 of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the D.C. Bar requires that:
***
(b) Except as permitted by paragraph (c) below, a lawyer shall not represent a
client with respect to a matter if:
(1) That matter involves a specific party or parties and a position to be taken by
that client in that matter is adverse to a position taken or to be taken by another
client in the same matter even though that client is unrepresented or represented
by a different lawyer;
(2) Such representation will be or is likely to be adversely affected by
representation of another client;
(3) Representation of another client will be or is likely to be adversely affected by
such representation;
(4) The lawyer’s professional judgment on behalf of the client will be or
reasonably may be adversely affected by the lawyer’s responsibilities to or
interests in a third party or the lawyer’s own financial, business, property, or
personal interests.
***
If the evidence shows that Russia intervened in the election on behalf of Hillary Clinton
because of her support for the sale of twenty percent (20%) of the uranium mining reserves of
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the United States to the Russian Federation as the leading member of the inter-governmental
decision-making body the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), Mr.
Mueller and his team would be ethically prohibited from honestly exploring the truth.
As recently as 2009, then Director of the FBI, Special Counsel Mueller personally carried
samples of highly-enriched uranium to Moscow, 3 as shown in official diplomatic cables that have
been publicly released. Compared with the professional permanent staff of the FBI and USDOJ,
Mr. Mueller cannot offer public confidence in the investigation having personally worked with
Special Counsel Mueller knowingly hired an attorney who had previously – within the
preceding year from her hiring – represented the Clinton Foundation of whom Hillary Clinton and
Bill Clinton are principals. See Exhibit D. Having previously represented the Clinton Foundation,
its Board of Directors and principals Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, and Former
Counselor of the U.S. Department of State Cheryl Mills, Ms. Rhee ethically cannot investigate,
work on, or prosecute possible collusion by Russia with Trump’s presidential campaign running
Mr. Mueller’s hiring of Ms. Rhee and others is in itself an ethical violation of DOJ
standards and professional rules. With Mr. Mueller’s array of experience, he obviously knows that
3
John Solomon, “Mueller may have a conflict — and it leads directly to a Russian oligarch,”
The Hill, May 14, 2018, https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/387625-mueller-may-have-a-
conflict-and-it-leads-directly-to-a-russian-oligarch.
4
“(S/NF) Background: Over two years ago Russia requested a ten-gram sample of highly
enriched uranium (HEU) seized in early 2006 in Georgia during a nuclear smuggling sting
operation involving one Russian national and several Georgian accomplices. The seized HEU was
transferred to U.S. custody and is being held at a secure DOE facility. In response to the Russian
request, the Georgian Government authorized the United States to share a sample of the material
with the Russians for forensic analysis.” WIKILEAKS,
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09STATE85588_a.html; Joe Hoft, “Crooked Former FBI Head
Mueller Hand Delivered Uranium to Russians on Airport Tarmac,” The GateWay Pundit, October
22, 2017, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/10/crooked-former-fbi-head-mueller-hand-
delivered-uranium-to-russians-on-an-airport-tarmac-hand-picked-by-hillary/.
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the lawyers he is hiring are legally and ethically compromised and prevented from following the
evidence wherever it leads. One must infer that Mr. Mueller intends a hatchet job on President
Trump in retaliation for his friend, Mr. Comey, and his firing from head of the FBI.
Two other lawyers on Mr. Mueller’s team gave the maximum $2,700 donation to Hillary
Clinton in last year's elections of 2016. Three attorneys on Mr. Mueller's team – Andrew
Weissmann, Jeannie Rhee, and James Quarles – alone donated more than $50,000 to Democrats,5
and almost exclusively to Democrats, according to Federal Election Commission campaign finance
reports. All told, more than half of Mueller's massive team of lawyers are donors to the Democrat
It is widely known that Mr. Weissmann was even an invitee to presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton’s anticipated victory party on the night of the 2016 presidential election. He has
also been implicated in illegal prosecutions of the past, involving the infamous Enron scandal.
Furthermore, the Special Counsel staff demanded that Dr. Corsi enter into a plea agreement
accepting conviction for a felony count of perjury, yet keep the entire arrangement secret. Dr.
Corsi warned the Special Counsel attorneys that that arrangement would be illegal under Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) regulations, because Dr. Corsi holds a securities license.
(a) Each member shall promptly report to FINRA, but in any event not later than
30 calendar days, after the member knows or should have known of the existence
of any of the following:
5
Marshall Cohen, Special counsel team members donated to Dems, FEC records show,
CNN, June 13, 2017, available at: http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/12/politics/robert-mueller-
donations- democrats-fec/index.html.
6
Alexi McCammond, "Meet Bob Mueller's team tackling the Russia probe," AXIOS, June
18, 2017, accessible at:https://www.axios.com/meet-bob-muellers-dream-team-tackling-the-russia-
investigation-2443472267.html
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(1) the member or an associated person of the member:
***
(E) is indicted, or convicted of, or pleads guilty to, or pleads no contest
to, any felony; or any misdemeanor that involves the purchase or sale
of any security, the taking of a false oath, the making of a false report,
bribery, perjury, burglary, larceny, theft, robbery, extortion, forgery,
counterfeiting, fraudulent concealment, embezzlement, fraudulent
conversion, or misappropriation of funds, or securities, or a conspiracy
to commit any of these offenses, or substantially equivalent activity in a
domestic, military or foreign court;
***
(f) Each member shall promptly file with FINRA copies of:
(1) any indictment, information or other criminal complaint or
plea agreement for conduct reportable under paragraph (a)(1)(E) of
this Rule;
***
Yet, the Special Counsel's staff insisted that Dr. Corsi would be indicted unless he not only
agreed to plead guilty to a felony of perjury but also kept the arrangement secret in violation of
At issue is the misconduct of the Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff, in particular
(a) Jeannie S. Rhee, (b) Andrew D. Goldstein, (c) Aaron S.J. Zelinsky, and (d) L. Rush Atkinson,
In violation of Rule 3.8, these prosecutors are discriminating against Dr. Corsi – as they
have made explicitly clear during interviews – and others because they disagree with his political
views and activities, threatened to file in court a charge or charges that they know are not supported
by probable cause or any accurate facts, prosecute a charge or charges that they know are not
supported by evidence sufficient to establish a prima face showing of guilt, intentionally avoid
discovering and exploring the actual truth of the events they are charged with investigating in order
to allege guilt of the innocent and to excuse the guilty, engage in rampant leaks of grand jury
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material and smear the innocent through extrajudicial leaks and statements, abuse the processes of
the grand jury, and fail to bring to the attention of the grand jury material facts tending
In violation of Rule 8.4, these prosecutors are engaging in conduct involving dishonesty,
fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation; committing criminal acts that reflect adversely on their honesty,
trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects; and seek or threaten to seek criminal
charges solely to obtain advantage in a political matter, to change the political direction and
Rule 8.4--Misconduct
It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to:
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(b) Commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty,
trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects;
(c) Engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation;
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(g) Seek or threaten to seek criminal charges or disciplinary charges solely
to obtain an advantage in a civil matter.
In violation of Rule 8.4, these prosecutors are attempting to make false statements of
material facts to the courts and the Congress, and the American people. They are also intending to
disclose and have already through illegal grand jury leaks failed to disclose material facts
In violation of Rule 3.1, these prosecutors are attempting to prosecute Dr. Corsi or to use
false testimony from Dr. Corsi to prosecute others when there is no basis in and fact.
In violation of Rule 3.3, these prosecutors are attempting to offer evidence to the courts, the
grand jury and the public that they know to be false, present false claims and statements against Dr.
Corsi or manufacture false testimony from Dr. Corsi to prosecute him and others when there is no
basis to do so, and fail to amend, as promised, statements previously made by Dr. Corsi.
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the tribunal by the lawyer, unless correction would require disclosure
of information that is prohibited by Rule 1.6;
***
(4) Offer evidence that the lawyer knows to be false, except as
provided in paragraph (b). A lawyer may refuse to offer evidence,
other than the testimony of a defendant in a criminal matter, that the
lawyer reasonably believes is false.
***
(c) The duties stated in paragraph (a) continue to the conclusion of the
proceeding.
(d) A lawyer who receives information clearly establishing that a fraud has
been perpetrated upon the tribunal shall promptly take reasonable remedial
measures, including disclosure to the tribunal to the extent disclosure is
permitted by Rule 1.6(d).
Special Counsel Mueller and his prosecutorial staff, the majority of whom are partisan
Democrats and supporters of Hillary Clinton, whom he has intentionally hired, are effectively
engaged in a “coup” against the United States and are working to overthrow the duly elected
President of the United States, elected and empowered by the voters pursuant to the U.S.
Constitution. One of the primarily vehicles and means in doing so is the illegal, criminal and
unethical conduct of the Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff with regard to Dr. Corsi, as set
forth above.
If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United
States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for
any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the
conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five
years, or both.
If, however, the offense, the commission of which is the object of the conspiracy,
is a misdemeanor only, the punishment for such conspiracy shall not exceed the
maximum punishment provided for such misdemeanor.
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy
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by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to
oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the
execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess
any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
XI. CONCLUSION
The Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff of the DOJ by threatening to prosecute Dr.
Corsi have ignored the principles and standards incumbent upon attorneys carrying out some of
the most serious tasks in the legal profession at the highest levels. The DOJ is no place for
ethical half-measures or cutting corners in compliance with laws and regulations. Indeed, the
Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff have themselves committed crimes and committed
some of the very criminal offenses that they are investigating and charging others with.
On behalf of Dr. Corsi, we hereby respectfully demand that the DOJ open criminal and
professional ethics investigations into these actions by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the
prosecutorial staff he hired as DOJ prosecutors for the duration of his charge, particularly those
Special Prosecutor attorneys and media staff identified above directly involved in these events
DOJ is asked to further investigate the implementation of legal requirements and ethical
standards in the Office of the Special Prosecutor with regard to the treatment of Dr. Corsi. We
ask that the DOJ leadership and the District of Columbia Bar reassure the American people not
in disingenuous words but in solid and unambiguous deeds that we can trust government and the
legal system after so many examples eroding public confidence. We ask that the DOJ’s
leadership and the District of Columbia Bar Disciplinary Counsel undertake unbiased
independent investigations, move swiftly to enforce DOJ regulations, congressional statutes and
much more the Constitution, as well as legal and ethical obligations of the profession with regard
to the prosecutorial misconduct, dishonesty, lying, conflicts of interest and other illegal actions
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as set forth herein of the Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff.
Dr. Corsi will fully cooperate with the requested investigations and respectfully requests
meetings expeditiously with both the Acting Attorney General, OPR and the IG, and the District
of Columbia Bar Disciplinary Counsel to further this Complaint and the ensuing investigations.
Time is of the essence, as these criminal and otherwise illegal and unprofessional activities are
Dr. Corsi does not want the injustice inflicted upon him to be inflicted upon anyone else.
Dr. Corsi has also offered testimony to the Special Counsel and his prosecutorial staff on other
relevant issues, such as the uncontroverted collusion between the Hillary Clinton presidential
campaign and the DNC but they did not want to hear it, underscoring the political nature of the
Special Counsel’s so-called Russian collusion investigation, which the president and others have
Dr. Corsi submits that upon an expedited and full investigation of the facts and analysis of
the law set forth herein, that Special Counsel Mueller and members of his prosecutorial staff, as
well as his press spokesperson Peter Carr who have apparently been engaged and complicit in
illegally releasing to the media grand jury information and testimony, be referred to appropriate
In addition, Special Counsel Mueller and his prosecutorial staff should respectfully be
removed from his office and their practice of the law and a new Special Counsel appointed who
respects and will obey common and accepted norms of professional ethics and the law and who
will promptly conclude the so-called Russian collusion investigation which had been illegally
and criminally spinning out of control, furthered by complicit incompetent and unethical
“oversight” under Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, whose conflicts of interest and
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SIGNED CERTIFICATION BY DR. JEROME CORSI OF HIS COMPLAINTS
FILED WITH THE OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL OF THE BOARD
ON PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBLIITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
BAR AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
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11/30/2018 Assange, Avowed Foe of Clinton, Timed Email Release for Democratic Convention - The New York Times
Mr. Assange’s remarks in a June 12 interview underscored that for all the
drama of the discord that the disclosures have sown among supporters of
Bernie Sanders — and of the unproven speculation that the Russian
government provided the hacked data to WikiLeaks in order to help Donald J.
Trump — the disclosures are also the latest chapter in the long-running tale of
Mr. Assange’s battles with the Obama administration.
In the interview, Mr. Assange told a British television host, Robert Peston of
the ITV network, that his organization had obtained “emails related to Hillary
Clinton which are pending publication,” which he pronounced “great.” He also
suggested that he not only opposed her candidacy on policy grounds, but also
saw her as a personal foe.
At one point, Mr. Peston said: “Plainly, what you are saying, what you are
publishing, hurts Hillary Clinton. Would you prefer Trump to be president?”
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11/30/2018 Assange, Avowed Foe of Clinton, Timed Email Release for Democratic Convention - The New York Times
Mr. Assange replied that what Mr. Trump would do as president was
“completely unpredictable.” By contrast, he thought it was predictable that
Mrs. Clinton would wield power in two ways he found problematic.
First, citing his “personal perspective,” Mr. Assange accused Mrs. Clinton of
having been among those pushing to indict him after WikiLeaks disseminated
a quarter of a million diplomatic cables during her tenure as secretary of
state.
“We do see her as a bit of a problem for freedom of the press more generally,”
Mr. Assange said.
(The cables, along with archives of military documents, were leaked by Pvt.
Chelsea Manning, then known as Bradley Manning, who is serving a 35-year
prison sentence. WikiLeaks also provided the documents to news outlets,
including The New York Times. Despite a criminal investigation into Mr.
Assange, he has not been charged; the status of that investigation is murky.)
“She has a long history of being a liberal war hawk, and we presume she is
going to proceed” with that approach if elected president, he said.
In February, Mr. Assange said in an essay that a vote for Mrs. Clinton to
become president amounted to “a vote for endless, stupid war.”
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11/30/2018 Assange, Avowed Foe of Clinton, Timed Email Release for Democratic Convention - The New York Times
Efforts to reach Mr. Assange for comment were unsuccessful, and a Clinton
campaign spokesman did not respond to an inquiry. In November 2010, when
WikiLeaks and its news media partners began publishing the cables, Mrs.
Clinton strongly condemned it.
Mr. Assange’s remarks last month received only scattered attention, in part
because in the interview Mr. Peston appeared to mistakenly assume that
WikiLeaks had obtained still-undisclosed emails from the private server Mrs.
Clinton had used while secretary of state and kept cutting Mr. Assange off to
ask about it.
But it now seems clearer that Mr. Assange was trying to talk about the
Democratic National Committee emails.
(The confusion stemmed in part because Mr. Assange said in the interview
that WikiLeaks had “published” her State Department emails. But it made a
copy of the ones the department posted on its website and made them easier
to search.)
Mr. Assange spoke from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he has
been holed up for four years. Sweden is seeking his extradition for an
investigation into sexual misconduct allegations; his supporters have
expressed fear that if he is arrested, he could be sent to the United States and
prosecuted for publishing leaked documents.
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11/30/2018 Assange, Avowed Foe of Clinton, Timed Email Release for Democratic Convention - The New York Times
“Often it’s the case that we have to do a lot of exploration and marketing of the
material we publish ourselves to get a big political impact for it,” he said. “But
in this case, we knew, because of the pending D.N.C., because of the degree of
interest in the U.S. election, we didn’t need to establish partnerships with The
New York Times or The Washington Post.”
Asked on that program whether the Russian government had given him the
emails, Mr. Assange said that he never revealed sources but also that “no one
knows who our source is.” He also said the Democratic National Committee
might have been hacked on multiple occasions by different intruders.
A version of this article appears in print on July 27, 2016, on Page A17 of the New York edition with the headline:
Democratic Email Release Was Timed for Convention
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EXHIBIT C
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Defendant.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, the United States of America and the
defendant, JEROME CORSI, stipulate and agree that the following facts are true and accurate.
These facts do not constitute all of the facts known to the parties concerning the charged offense;
they are being submitted to demonstrate that sufficient facts exist that the defendant committed the
voluntarily by the Special Counsel’s Office, including Department of Justice prosecutors and
Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. At the time of the interview, the Special
Counsel’s Office was investigating the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016
Staff (“GRU”);
the outset of the interview, CORSI was warned that intentionally making false statements to the
3. During the interview, CORSI said that in the summer of 2016 an associate (“Person
1”) who CORSI understood to be in regular contact with senior members of the Trump Campaign,
including with then-candidate Donald J. Trump, asked CORSI to get in touch with Organization 1
about materials it possessed relevant to the presidential campaign that had not already been
released. CORSI thereafter knowingly and intentionally made the following materially false
a. CORSI said he declined the request from Person 1 and made clear to
have another person try to get in contact with Organization 1, and that
CORSI told Person 1 that they should just wait until Organization 1
b. CORSI further stated that after that initial request from Person 1, CORSI
did not know what Person 1 did with respect to Organization 1, and he
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4. In truth and in fact, and as CORSI well knew, after Person 1 asked CORSI to get in
touch with Organization 1, CORSI did not decline the request as he stated in the interview. Instead,
CORSI contacted an individual who resided in London, England (“overseas individual”) to pass
on Person 1’s request to learn about materials in Organization 1’s possession that could be relevant
to the presidential campaign. Corsi thereafter told Person 1 that Organization 1 possessed
information that would be damaging to then-candidate Hillary Clinton and that Organization 1
a. On or about July 25, 2016, Person 1 sent an email to CORSI with the
subject line, “Get to [the founder of Organization 1].” The body of the
b. On or about July 31, 2016, Person 1 emailed CORSI with the subject
line, “Call me MON.” The body of the email read in part that the
dumps. One shortly after I’m back. 2nd in Oct. Impact planned to be
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are now about. Would not hurt to start suggesting HRC old, memory
bad, has stroke -- neither he nor she well. I expect that much of next
5. Between approximately January 13, 2017 and March 1, 2017, CORSI deleted from
his computer all email correspondence that predated October 11, 2016, including Person 1’s email
instructing CORSI to “get to [the founder of Organization 1]” and CORSI’s subsequent forwarding
Intelligence (“HPSCI”), the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (“SSCI”), and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) began inquiring in 2017 about Person 1’s connections
investigations. For example, on or about November 28, 2017, after Person 1 had identified to
Person 2 received a subpoena compelling his testimony before HPSCI, and Person 1 learned of the
subpoena. On or about November 30, 2017, Person 1 asked CORSI to write publicly about Person
2. CORSI responded: “Are you sure you want to make something out of this now? Why not wait
to see what [Person 2] does? You may be defending yourself too much – raising new questions
that will fuel new inquiries. This may be a time to say less, not more.” Person 1 responded by
telling CORSI that the other individual “will take the 5th—but let’s hold a day.”
7. Following his September 10, 2018 interview, CORSI met with the Special
Counsel’s Office for several additional interviews and voluntarily provided access to his email
accounts and electronic devices. CORSI made numerous claims during these interviews, including
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that his representations to Person 1, beginning in August 2016, that he had a way of obtaining
By: ____________________________
Jeannie S. Rhee
Andrew D. Goldstein
Aaron S.J. Zelinsky
L. Rush Atkinson, V
The Special Counsel’s Office
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DEFENDANT’S ACCEPTANCE
The preceding statement is a summary, made for the purpose of providing the Court with
a factual basis for my guilty plea to the charge against me. It does not include all of the facts
known to me regarding this offense. I make this statement knowingly and voluntarily and
because I am, in fact, guilty of the crime charged. No threats have been made to me nor am I
under the influence of anything that could impede my ability to understand this Statement of the
Offense fully.
I have read every word of this Statement of the Offense, or have had it read to me.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, after consulting with my attorney, I agree
and stipulate to this Statement of the Offense, and declare under penalty of perjury that it is true
and correct.
Date:__________________ ______________________________
Jerome Corsi
Defendant
ATTORNEY’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I have read this Statement of the Offense, and have reviewed it with my client fully. I
concur in my client’s desire to adopt and stipulate to this Statement of the Offense as true and
accurate.
Date: ________________________________
David E. Gray, Esq.
Attorney for Defendant
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EXHIBIT D
Case: 15-14080 Date Filed: 09/28/2015 Page: 1 of 1
Attorneys who wish to participate in an appeal must be properly admitted either to the bar of this court or for the particular proceeding
pursuant to 11th Cir. R. 46-1, et seq. An attorney not yet properly admitted must file an appropriate application. In addition, all
attorneys (except court-appointed counsel) who wish to participate in an appeal must file an appearance form within fourteen (14)
days after notice is mailed by the clerk, or upon filing a motion or brief, whichever occurs first. Application forms and appearance
forms are available on the Internet at www.ca11.uscourts.gov.
The Clerk will enter my appearance for these named parties: The Clinton Foundation
! The following related or similar cases are pending on the docket of this court:
I hereby certify that I am an active member in good standing of the state bar or the bar of the highest court of the state
(including the District of Columbia) named below, and that my license to practice law in the named state is not currently
lapsed for any reason, including but not limited to retirement, placement in inactive status, failure to pay bar membership
fees or failure to complete continuing education requirements. I understand that I am required to notify the clerk of this
court within 14 days of any changes in the status of my state bar memberships. See 11th Cir. R. 46-7.
12/07
Case: 15-14080 Date Filed: 11/19/2015 Page: 1 of 69
No. 15-14080
v.
BRIEF OF APPELLEES
INFORMATION
COUNT ONE
(False Statements)
On September 10, 2018, defendant JEROME CORSI did willfully and knowingly make
materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements and representations in a matter within the
jurisdiction of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, to wit, the defendant
falsely stated and represented to the Special Counsel’s Office, including Special Agents of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, in Washington, D.C., that he denied an associate’s request to get
in touch with an organization that he understood to be in possession of stolen emails and other
documents pertaining to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, that the associate never asked him to
have another person try to get in touch with the organization, and that he did not provide the
associate with any information about what materials the organization possessed or what it might
By: ________________________________
Jeannie S. Rhee
Andrew D. Goldstein
Aaron S.J. Zelinsky
L. Rush Atkinson
The Special Counsel’s Office
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EXHIBIT G
U.S. Department of Justice
The Special Counsel’s Office
This letter sets forth the full and complete plea offer to your client, Jerome Corsi
(hereinafter referred to as “your client” or “defendant”), from the Special Counsel’s Office
(hereinafter also referred to as “the Government” or “this Office”). If your client accepts the
terms and conditions of this offer, please have your client execute this document in the space
provided below. Upon receipt of the executed document, this letter will become the Plea
Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “this Agreement”). The terms of the offer are as follows:
Your client agrees to waive indictment and plead guilty to a Criminal Information, a copy
of which is attached, charging your client with making false statements to the Special Counsel’s
Office and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2).
Your client understands that a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 carries a maximum sentence
of 5 years’ imprisonment; a fine of $250,000, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3571(b)(3); a term of
supervised release of not more than 3 years, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583(b)(2); and an
obligation to pay any applicable interest or penalties on fines and restitution not timely made.
In addition, your client agrees to pay a special assessment of $100 per felony conviction
to the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Your client also
understands that, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3572 and § 5E1.2 of the United States Sentencing
Commission, Guidelines Manual (2017) (hereinafter “Sentencing Guidelines,” “Guidelines,” or
“U.S.S.G.”), the Court may also impose a fine that is sufficient to pay the federal government the
costs of any imprisonment, term of supervised release, and period of probation.
2. Plea
Your client understands and acknowledges that this Agreement and any plea of guilty
which your client may enter pursuant to this Agreement are contingent upon the entry of a guilty
plea by the defendant in this case. If your client fails to enter a guilty plea, this Agreement and
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any proceedings pursuant to this Agreement may be withdrawn or voided in whole or in part at
the option of this Office.
3. Factual Stipulations
Your client agrees that the attached “Statement of the Offense” fairly and accurately
describes your client’s actions and involvement in the offense to which your client is pleading
guilty. Please have your client sign and return the Statement of the Offense as a written proffer
of evidence, along with this Agreement.
4. Additional Charges
In consideration of your client’s guilty plea to the above offense, your client will not be
further prosecuted criminally by this Office for the conduct set forth in the attached Statement of
the Offense; for any other false statements made by him to this Office or to the grand jury
between September 6, 2018 and November 2, 2018; and for obstructing, aiding or abetting in the
obstruction of, or conspiring to obstruct or commit perjury before congressional or grand jury
investigations in connection with the conduct described in the Statement of Offense.
Your client understands that the sentence in this case will be determined by the Court,
pursuant to the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), including a consideration of the
applicable guidelines and policies set forth in the Sentencing Guidelines. Pursuant to Federal
Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(B), and to assist the Court in determining the appropriate
sentence, the parties agree to the following:
The parties agree that the following Sentencing Guidelines sections apply:
Total: 6
B. Acceptance of Responsibility
The Government agrees that a 2-level reduction will be appropriate, pursuant to U.S.S.G.
§ 3E1.1, provided that your client clearly demonstrates acceptance of responsibility, to the
satisfaction of the Government, through your client’s allocution, adherence to every provision of
this Agreement, and conduct between entry of the plea and imposition of sentence.
Nothing in this Agreement limits the right of the Government to seek denial of the
adjustment for acceptance of responsibility, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1, and/or imposition of
an adjustment for obstruction of justice, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1, regardless of any
agreement set forth above, should your client move to withdraw your client’s guilty plea after it
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is entered, or should it be determined by the Government that your client has either (a) engaged
in conduct, unknown to the Government at the time of the signing of this Agreement, that
constitutes obstruction of justice, (b) engaged in additional criminal conduct after signing this
Agreement, or (c) taken any other action inconsistent with acceptance of responsibility.
In accordance with the above, the applicable Guidelines Offense Level will be at least 4.
Based upon the information now available to this Office, your client has no criminal
convictions.
Accordingly, your client is estimated to have zero criminal history points and your
client’s Criminal History Category is estimated to be I. Your client acknowledges that if
additional convictions are discovered during the pre-sentence investigation by the United States
Probation Office, your client’s criminal history points may increase.
Based upon the agreed total offense level and the estimated criminal history category set
forth above, your client’s estimated Sentencing Guidelines range is zero months to six months’
imprisonment (the “Estimated Guidelines Range”). In addition, the parties agree that, pursuant
to U.S.S.G. § 5E1.2, should the Court impose a fine, at Guidelines level 4, the estimated
applicable fine range is $500 to $9,500. Your client reserves the right to ask the Court not to
impose any applicable fine.
The parties agree that, solely for the purposes of calculating the applicable range under
the Sentencing Guidelines, neither a downward nor upward departure from the Estimated
Guidelines Range set forth above is warranted. Accordingly, neither party will seek any
departure or adjustment to the Estimated Guidelines Range, nor will either party suggest that the
Court consider such a departure or adjustment, except as provided above. Moreover, your client
understands and acknowledges that the Estimated Guidelines Range agreed to by the parties is
not binding on the Probation Office or the Court. Should the Court determine that a different
guidelines range is applicable, your client will not be permitted to withdraw your client’s guilty
plea on that basis, and the Government and your client will still be bound by this Agreement.
Your client understands and acknowledges that the terms of this section apply only to
conduct that occurred before the execution of this Agreement. Should your client commit any
conduct after the execution of this Agreement that would form the basis for an increase in your
client’s base offense level or justify an upward departure (examples of which include, but are not
limited to, obstruction of justice, failure to appear for a court proceeding, criminal conduct while
pending sentencing, and false statements to law enforcement agents, the probation officer, or the
Court), the Government is free under this Agreement to seek an increase in the base offense level
based on that post-agreement conduct.
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Based upon the information known to the Government at the time of the signing of this
Agreement, the parties further agree that a sentence within the Estimated Guidelines Range
would constitute a reasonable sentence in light of all of the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C.
§ 3553(a), should such a sentence be subject to appellate review notwithstanding the appeal
waiver provided below.
7. Reservation of Allocution
The Government and your client reserve the right to describe fully, both orally and in
writing, to the sentencing judge, the nature and seriousness of your client’s misconduct,
including any misconduct not described in the charges to which your client is pleading guilty.
The Government agrees to bring to the Court’s attention at sentencing the defendant’s
efforts to cooperate with the Government, on the condition that your client continues to respond
and provide information regarding any and all matters as to which the Government deems
relevant. Your client also agrees that the sentencing in this case may be delayed until the
Government’s ongoing investigation has been completed, as determined by the Government, so
that the Court will have the benefit of all relevant information before a sentence is imposed.
The parties also reserve the right to inform the presentence report writer and the Court of
any relevant facts, to dispute any factual inaccuracies in the presentence report, and to contest
any matters not provided for in this Agreement. In the event that the Court considers any
Sentencing Guidelines adjustments, departures, or calculations different from any agreements
contained in this Agreement, or contemplates a sentence outside the Guidelines range based upon
the general sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), the parties reserve the right to
answer any related inquiries from the Court. In addition, if in this Agreement the parties have
agreed to recommend or refrain from recommending to the Court a particular resolution of any
sentencing issue, the parties reserve the right to full allocution in any post-sentence litigation.
The parties retain the full right of allocution in connection with any post-sentence motion which
may be filed in this matter and/or any proceeding(s) before the Bureau of Prisons. In addition,
your client acknowledges that the Government is not obligated and does not intend to file any
post-sentence downward departure motion in this case pursuant to Rule 35(b) of the Federal
Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Your client understands that the sentence in this case will be imposed in accordance with
18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), upon consideration of the Sentencing Guidelines. Your client further
understands that the sentence to be imposed is a matter solely within the discretion of the Court.
Your client acknowledges that the Court is not obligated to follow any recommendation of the
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Government at the time of sentencing. Your client understands that neither the Government’s
recommendation nor the Sentencing Guidelines are binding on the Court.
Your client acknowledges that your client’s entry of a guilty plea to the charged offense
authorizes the Court to impose any sentence, up to and including the statutory maximum
sentence, which may be greater than the applicable Guidelines range. The Government cannot,
and does not, make any promise or representation as to what sentence your client will receive.
Moreover, it is understood that your client will have no right to withdraw your client’s plea of
guilty should the Court impose a sentence that is outside the Guidelines range or if the Court
does not follow the Government’s sentencing recommendation. The Government and your client
will be bound by this Agreement, regardless of the sentence imposed by the Court. Any effort
by your client to withdraw the guilty plea because of the length of the sentence shall constitute a
breach of this Agreement.
9. Waivers
A. Venue
B. Statute of Limitations
Your client agrees that, should the conviction following your client’s plea of guilty
pursuant to this Agreement be vacated for any reason, any prosecution, based on the conduct set
forth in the attached Statement of the Offense, that is not time-barred by the applicable statute of
limitations on the date of the signing of this Agreement (including any counts that the
Government has agreed not to prosecute or to dismiss at sentencing pursuant to this Agreement)
may be commenced or reinstated against your client, notwithstanding the expiration of the statute
of limitations between the signing of this Agreement and the commencement or reinstatement of
such prosecution. It is the intent of this Agreement to waive all defenses based on the statute of
limitations with respect to any prosecution of conduct set forth in the attached Statement of the
Offense that is not time-barred on the date that this Agreement is signed.
C. Trial Rights
Your client understands that by pleading guilty in this case your client agrees to waive
certain rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States and/or by statute or rule. Your
client agrees to forego the right to any further discovery or disclosures of information not already
provided at the time of the entry of your client’s guilty plea. Your client also agrees to waive,
among other rights, the right to be indicted by a Grand Jury, the right to plead not guilty, and the
right to a jury trial. If there were a jury trial, your client would have the right to be represented
by counsel, to confront and cross-examine witnesses against your client, to challenge the
admissibility of evidence offered against your client, to compel witnesses to appear for the
purpose of testifying and presenting other evidence on your client’s behalf, and to choose
whether to testify. If there were a jury trial and your client chose not to testify at that trial, your
client would have the right to have the jury instructed that your client’s failure to testify could
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not be held against your client. Your client would further have the right to have the jury
instructed that your client is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and that the burden would be
on the United States to prove your client’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. If your client were
found guilty after a trial, your client would have the right to appeal your client’s conviction.
Your client understands that the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
protects your client from the use of self-incriminating statements in a criminal prosecution. By
entering a plea of guilty, your client knowingly and voluntarily waives or gives up your client’s
right against self-incrimination.
Your client acknowledges discussing with you Rule 11(f) of the Federal Rules of
Criminal Procedure and Rule 410 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, which ordinarily limit the
admissibility of statements made by a defendant in the course of plea discussions or plea
proceedings if a guilty plea is later withdrawn. Your client knowingly and voluntarily waives the
rights that arise under these rules in the event your client withdraws your client’s guilty plea or
withdraws from this Agreement after signing it.
Your client also agrees to waive all constitutional and statutory rights to a speedy
sentence and agrees that the plea of guilty pursuant to this Agreement will be entered at a time
decided upon by the parties with the concurrence of the Court. Your client understands that the
date for sentencing will be set by the Court.
D. Appeal Rights
Your client understands that federal law, specifically 18 U.S.C. § 3742, affords
defendants the right to appeal their sentences in certain circumstances. Your client agrees to
waive the right to appeal the sentence in this case, including but not limited to any term of
imprisonment, fine, forfeiture, award of restitution, term or condition of supervised release,
authority of the Court to set conditions of release, and the manner in which the sentence was
determined, except to the extent the Court sentences your client above the statutory maximum or
guidelines range determined by the Court or your client claims that your client received
ineffective assistance of counsel, in which case your client would have the right to appeal the
illegal sentence or above-guidelines sentence or raise on appeal a claim of ineffective assistance
of counsel, but not to raise on appeal other issues regarding the sentencing. In agreeing to this
waiver, your client is aware that your client’s sentence has yet to be determined by the Court.
Realizing the uncertainty in estimating what sentence the Court ultimately will impose, your
client knowingly and willingly waives your client’s right to appeal the sentence, to the extent
noted above, in exchange for the concessions made by the Government in this Agreement.
E. Collateral Attack
Your client also waives any right to challenge the conviction entered or sentence imposed
under this Agreement or otherwise attempt to modify or change the sentence or the manner in
which it was determined in any collateral attack, including, but not limited to, a motion brought
under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 or Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b), except to the extent such a
motion is based on newly discovered evidence or on a claim that your client received ineffective
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assistance of counsel. Your client reserves the right to file a motion brought under 18 U.S.C.
§ 3582(c)(2), but agrees to waive the right to appeal the denial of such a motion.
Your client also agrees to waive all rights, whether asserted directly or by a
representative, to request or receive from any department or agency of the United States any
records pertaining to the investigation or prosecution of this case, including and without
limitation any records that may be sought under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552,
or the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, for the duration of the Office’s investigation.
10. Restitution
Your client understands that the Court has an obligation to determine whether, and in
what amount, mandatory restitution applies in this case under 18 U.S.C. § 3663A. The
Government and your client agree that mandatory restitution does not apply in this case.
Your client understands and agrees that, if after entering this Agreement, your client fails
specifically to perform or to fulfill completely each and every one of your client’s obligations
under this Agreement, or engages in any criminal activity prior to sentencing, your client will
have breached this Agreement. In the event of such a breach: (a) the Government will be free
from its obligations under this Agreement; (b) your client will not have the right to withdraw the
guilty plea; (c) your client will be fully subject to criminal prosecution for any other crimes,
including perjury and obstruction of justice; and (d) the Government will be free to use against
your client, directly and indirectly, in any criminal or civil proceeding, all statements made by
your client and any of the information or materials provided by your client, including such
statements, information and materials provided pursuant to this Agreement or during the course
of any debriefings conducted in anticipation of, or after entry of, this Agreement, whether or not
the debriefings were previously characterized as “off-the-record” debriefings, and including your
client’s statements made during proceedings before the Court pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal
Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Your client understands and agrees that the Government shall be required to prove a
breach of this Agreement only by a preponderance of the evidence, except where such breach is
based on a violation of federal, state, or local criminal law, which the Government need prove
only by probable cause in order to establish a breach of this Agreement.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to permit your client to commit perjury, to
make false statements or declarations, to obstruct justice, or to protect your client from
prosecution for any crimes not included within this Agreement or committed by your client after
the execution of this Agreement. Your client understands and agrees that the Government
reserves the right to prosecute your client for any such offenses. Your client further understands
that any perjury, false statements or declarations, or obstruction of justice relating to your client’s
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obligations under this Agreement shall constitute a breach of this Agreement. In the event of
such a breach, your client will not be allowed to withdraw your client’s guilty plea.
Other than a proffer agreement dated September 21, 2018 and continued on October 31,
November 1, and November 2, 2018, no agreements, promises, understandings, or
representations have been made by the parties or their counsel other than those contained in
writing herein, nor will any such agreements, promises, understandings, or representations be
made unless committed to writing and signed by your client, defense counsel, and the Office.
The proffer agreement is superseded as noticed herein if the Agreement is breached.
Your client further understands that this Agreement is binding only upon the Office. This
Agreement does not bind any other United States Attorney’s Office, nor does it bind any other
state, local, or federal prosecutor. It also does not bar or compromise any civil, tax, or
administrative claim pending or that may be made against your client.
If the foregoing terms and conditions are satisfactory, your client may so indicate by
signing this Agreement and the Statement of the Offense, and returning both to me no later than
November __, 2018.
Sincerely yours,
By: ____________________________
Jeannie S. Rhee
Andrew D. Goldstein
Aaron S.J. Zelinsky
L. Rush Atkinson, V
The Special Counsel’s Office
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DEFENDANT’S ACCEPTANCE
I have read every page of this Agreement and have discussed it with my attorney, David
E. Gray. I fully understand this Agreement and agree to it without reservation. I do this
voluntarily and of my own free will, intending to be legally bound. No threats have been made
to me nor am I under the influence of anything that could impede my ability to understand this
Agreement fully. I am pleading guilty because I am in fact guilty of the offense identified in this
Agreement.
Date:__________________ ______________________________
Jerome Corsi
Defendant
ATTORNEY’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I have read every page of this Agreement, reviewed this Agreement with my client,
Jerome Corsi, and fully discussed the provisions of this Agreement with my client. These pages
accurately and completely set forth the entire Agreement. I concur in my client’s desire to plead
guilty as set forth in this Agreement.
Date: ________________________________
David E. Gray, Esq.
Attorney for Defendant
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